page_title: 1876 in rail transport
section_title: April events
hierarchical_section_title: 1876 in rail transport / Events / April events
caption_attribution_description: Ribblehead Viaduct is in North Yorkshire on the famous Leeds-Settle-Carlisle railway which passes through some of England's most stunning countryside.
context_section_description: April 1
  Great Northern Railway (Ireland) formed by a merger of the Irish North Western Railway, Northern Railway of Ireland and the Ulster Railway.
  Orenstein & Koppel established in Berlin as mechanical engineers, coming to specialize in railway equipment.
caption: Ribblehead Viaduct, Settle-Carlisle Railway
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